GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |